Does only size matter in the use of knowledge intensive services?

Small Business Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-146

  García Quevedo, José ^a   Mas Verdú, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge intensive services; Technological centres

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349112131     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-007-9090-x     Document Type: Article

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